PORTLAND (AP) — A delay in awarding a contract for Maine’s nationally recognized school laptop program is causing anxiety for school officials up against their own budget and planning deadlines.
The state is negotiating a contract to buy tens of thousands of laptops and related training, repair and support services for its program, the Maine Technology Learning Initiative. The program pays for computers for every seventh and eighth-grader in Maine.
This year, Maine is leading a multistate contracting effort also open to Hawaii and Vermont, likely to be worth more than $200 million.
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